Planner

As the Assystems Defence Infrastructure account continues to grow we are looking to recruit a dynamic self-motivated Project Planner to support project delivery. 

Working alongside the Defence Infrastructure Project Manager(s) and PMO function the Project Planner is the local point for all aspects of planning across the Defence Infrastructure portfolio. 

This role will be based at our Assystem offices in either Derby or Newcastle with ad-hoc travel to client and other Assystem offices as required. Assystem are currently implementing our new normal flexible working model which will continue to support a mixture of home and office working across the business.

Your missions:

Responsible for planning production and management of project schedule(s) both internally and externally.

Coordination of work packages to schedule tracking progress vs schedule resource planning coordination of sub-contractors.

Review and approval of sub-contractor programmes.

Interface with stakeholders to identify and report on progress change risks and opportunities.

  Input to proposals relating to manhour estimates and planning.

Produce concise accurate reports of project metrics including critical path analysis to the Defence Infrastructure Lead Team.

Why join the community of Switchers

As one of the Top 3 Nuclear Engineering companies in the world Assystem offer a competitive benefits package which includes:

25 days of annual leave bank holidays

8% company pension contributions

Healthcare cash-plan to get money back on dental medical physical care

Employee assistance programme including 24/7 access to free mental health support virtual gym classes and more

Get professional and industry membership fees paid for.

Qualifications :

Essential skills  and behaviours

Primavera P6 to intermediate level (essential)

Strong skills in MS Office especially Excel and Project

Self-motivated and able to work to deadlines without direction/supervision

Good communicator able to provide a clear concise and accurate summary of project progress risks to the critical path and metrics

Able to confidently engage with sub-contractors and critically review the accuracy of sub-contractor submissions

Attention to detail

Qualifications

Degree preferred or other equivalent qualification

Primavera P6 training

Project Management qualification (e.g. APM) would benefit

Experience

Experience as a project planner on NEC4 Contracts is essential (particularly Option A and Option C)

 Major infrastructure design and build project background highly desirable

Experience of working in the Nuclear or Defence Industry is highly desirable

Additional Information :

 Please be aware that many roles at Assystem are subject to both security and export control restrictions.

• These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality any nationalities you may have previously held and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation.
• All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

We will consider Inside IR35 Contractors or permanent staff.

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills talent and our peoples ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.

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NOTICE TO CANDIDATES ON RECRUITMENT FRAUD - We are committed to safeguarding candidates from fraudulent activity associated with our recruitment process. Please note that we will never offer specialist CV writing services request payment or ask for sensitive personal information during the recruitment process.

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills talent and our peoples ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time